Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Description: IIS is seeking to award a series of merit scholarships of up to $2000 each to support undergraduate research in any area of international studies. Research may be conducted while in EAP, or independently. The scholarship recipients will be called IIS Junior Scholars. After completing their research projects, award recipients are required to submit a four-page research summary and attend the IIS Junior Scholars Conference held on-campus at the end of the 2012-2013 academic year. Several Junior Scholars will be asked to present their work in poster format at the conference. Junior scholars with the strongest research project, as determined by an IIS faculty panel, will each receive an additional $1000 prize. There will also be an opportunity to compete for the Best Poster Award, an additional $250 prize.

Eligibility: Open to any UC Berkeley junior or senior with a minimum 3.5 GPA who has completed at least one semester of study in residence at Berkeley. All majors are eligible and encouraged to apply.

Award Amount: Up to $2000 with the opportunity to win an additional $1000 for best research project and an additional $250 for best poster.

We're hosting an Information Meeting next Thursday, November 1st, from
6-8 p.m in 106 Moffitt Library. The Programme Director Greg Lewis and returned students will be on hand
to answer questions.
The Pembroke Kings Program offers instruction by Cambridge professors in
the following subjects:
anthropology, biology & neuroscience, creative writing & writing for film, theater, sports & travel, business & management,
economics & finance,
education,
English literature & linguistics,
history,
history of art, architecture & film,
independent study in a field of choice,
international relations,
law,
mathematics,
philosophy

We are currently administering a new design competition for a
non-profit “Community Center in Myanmar.” The award is $2,000
and the deadline is November, 17th, 2012. There is
no participation fee and your students can participate in this
design challenge by visiting arcbazar.com and signing-up for
it for free.

This is a great course to satisfy Arts and Literature Breadth, a fantastic introduction to Comparative Literature and just a fun class if a student would like the opportunity to study Shakespeare and his peers.

In many ways Shakespeare is the literary inventor of modernity. His plays depict the psychological, political, economic, and social upheavals that mark the transition from the pre-modern world to a world that is recognizably our own. But he is also the most international of all writers. This course will explore Shakespeare’s extraordinary literary originality by studying his most influential plays in an international context. We will locate Shakespeare in the culture of his period by reading his plays in dialogue with masterworks from across Renaissance Europe. We will consider how he and his contemporaries engage with issues of international scope at a time (like our own) of extraordinary political, religious, and economic turmoil. We will read eight major plays by Shakespeare, as well as works by Machiavelli, Montaigne, Rabelais, Cervantes, Erasmus, and Petrarch. This course thus offers an introduction to early modern Europe, an exercise in reading literature in an international context, and an in-depth study of a major author.

Some comments from past students of this class: "Professor Hampton is an amazing professor who clearly cares about his students and Shakespeare" "I looked forward to coming to this class. I looked forward to doing the reading for this class. I only wish it was a year-long course so that I could be around the material, GSI's and professor for another semester" "Professor Hampton is completely awesome. There isn't one single thing I would change about him or this class" "Professor Hampton is funny and engaging and set the course up in an effective and powerful manner."

The Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship Program at the University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy is accepting applications for the summer of 2013.

Program Information
The Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute is an intensive seven week academic training program for college juniors. The summer institute prepares undergraduate students for graduate studies in public policy, international affairs and law. Participants complete coursework in economics, statistics, policy analysis and law; and visit local, state and federal government agencies and non-profit organizations. Each year we select 30 students to participate in the program from across the country. Through GSPP’s partnership with Berkeley Law School, ten out of the 30 students are admitted as UCPPIA Law Fellows due to their interest in pursuing joint degrees in public policy and law.

Benefits
PPIA Fellows Receive:
* Assistance with travel expenses to and from the Summer Institute
* Summer Stipend
* Room and Board
* A minimum $5000 fellowship from a consortium graduate school where the PPIA Fellow is accepted
** Please note: The 2013 UCPPIA Program is contingent upon state funding.

Eligibility Criteria (http://gspp/ppia/criteria.html)
* Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
* Applicants must apply during their junior year of college
* Applicants must have a demonstrated interest in policy issues most affecting historically underserved communities, including African Americans, Asian Americans/South Asians, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, Latinos/as and a commitment to working on these issues, as shown by past and/or current service.

Application
The application deadline has been extended to November 5, 2012.

Forwarded message from a former student - Might be a program to look into:

Hi Donna,
My name is Fernanda. I graduated from UC Berkeley with an Urban Studies B.A. in 2011. I am now a Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) student at UCLA. I thought that the MURP program would be of interest to Urban Studies students and so I am sending you information about an admissions/diversity workshop we are hosting at UCLA on October 29. (*Note - Workshop date has passed, but program might be something to consider)

Environment America, the federation of state-based environmental advocacy groups like Environment California, is in the process ofhiring soon-to-be-college graduates into our 2-year fellowship program. We are looking for people who have the commitment and the talent it takes to fight for our environmental values across the country. As a fellow, you'd get a two-year crash course in the nuts and bolts of environmental activism and political organizing and advocacy - working alongside senior staff to plan and run grassroots campaigns, lobby lawmakers, set up and speak at news conferences, organize town hall meetings, identify new members, raise money, recruit and manage staff and much more. For more information visit us at http://jobs.environmentamerica.org/.

Student must purchase their tickets by November 19 to be listed in the printed program.
Tickets available for purchase at the Grad Fair November 6 & 7.
Tickets available for purchase online beginning November 8.
For details, visit: commencement.berkeley.edu

This year Metropolis challenges you to develop solutions that empower, advance, and include groups often overlooked in the design process (including but not limited to, our rapidly increasing aging population and citizens with disabilities). The annual Next Generation® Design Competition is open for entries. Consider the 1.13 billion people with unique needs worldwide.

1.13 billion is a difficult figure to wrap your head around. Think of your own mother, father, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends. Your submissions should help your own relations, as well as others, to live better lives, beautifully.

The competition strives for solutions at all scales, from systems, experiences, places, to spaces, products, or any area that needs to be made inclusive and empowering. Submissions can be conceptual, in the early stages of development, near completion, or completed and ready for the next phase of development. The ideas must have the potential to be made, built, or otherwise realized.

The winner of Next Generation receives a $10,000 prize, but, more importantly, that person or team receives career-building international attention.

Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! 2012 is the preeminent
practitioners' forum on humanitarian design and community
development. Hear cutting-edge panel discussions,
participate in small-group workshops and be wowed by
rapid-fire presentations during Design Open Mic. Note that
the student registration fee is $30.

NCRC is an opportunity for undergraduate researchers to share their work while hearing from leaders in various fields of research. Topics in the sciences, humanities, and interdisciplinary fields are all encouraged. For information about our recent conference please see our website at http://www.hcura.org/ncrc/2012/.

This year, NCRC will feature undergraduate oral and poster presentations, professional keynote speakers, and panel discussions. Students interested in applying for plenary speaker presentations must submit their abstracts by the early registration date, October 26, 2012. Poster session abstract submission is due by November 16, 2012. Additionally, students wishing to attend without poster or plenary presentations may apply by November 16, 2012. Accepted applicants will pay a $60 registration fee to cover conference expenses including lodging, meals, programming, and poster printing.

All abstracts submitted for plenary presentation undergo review for speaker selection and potential awarding of travel scholarships. Monetary prizes will be awarded during NCRC based on judging of poster and plenary presentations with first place awards of $500. Students interested in applying should do so at http://www.hcura.org/. Also, contact ced.advising.edu@gmail.com for a participant information packet if interested.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Forwarded Message for Graduating Seniors: Hello, My name is Joanna and I'm part of The Californians, a student group responsible for organizing the general graduation commencements. I was wondering if you could reach out to the graduating seniors with your respective colleges to see if they would be interested to audition to be student speaker for the graduation? It would be an exciting opportunity to get them involved and distinguish themselves as the student representative at graduation. We will be holding auditions at 108 Wheeler on October 25 and 26 from 7-9 pm. Interested seniors only need to come drop by any one of those days. Best, Joanna

Big Ideas@Berkeley is an annual innovation contest aimed at providing funding, support, and encouragement to students who have innovative solutions to challenges facing our campus, community or world. This year up to $300,000 is available to students with Big Ideas!!

The "Financial Literacy" category seeks solutions that empower young adults with the basics of banking, saving, budgeting and investing. How can we better equip high school students or incoming freshmen with the basics of managing sources of funding such as financial aid (grants/scholarships/loans), credit cards, pre-paid debit cards, among others?

Proposals should: 1.) Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the financial challenges and issues facing young adults as they continue their education, and, 2.) Develop a system/plan/technology that serves to inform, prepare and empower students to take control of their financial futures.

Dear Undergraduates,
Happy Fall! Many of you have already started working on your
applications for spring/summer 2013 research opportunities, but if you
haven't, now is a great time to start. In particular, Workshop B can
help you get started on writing your research proposal, so take
advantage of the individualized attention.

This newsletter will cover the following items:
1. Undergraduate research workshops ("Getting started" and "Writing a
research proposal") taking place over the next few weeks
2. Research Program deadlines and info sessions through mid-December
3. Undergraduate Research Journals: Be an author or an editor of
research written by Berkeley undergraduates. See this section to
view undergraduate research journals' web sites to learn about their
calls for editors and submissions -- fall 2012
deadlines are fast approaching!
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I. WORKSHOPS OCTOBER 16-OCTOBER 31
Undergraduate Research Opportunities for International Students
Workshop | October 17 | 12-1 p.m. | International House, room location
posted at front entrance
This workshop is designed with the needs of international students in
mind. It will focus on getting started in undergraduate research through
the Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP), as well as
scholarships to fund independent research that are open to international
students. Students who are new to UC-Berkeley are especially encouraged
to attend. The workshop is sponsored jointly through the Berkeley
International Office (
<http://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/>http://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/)
and the Office of Undergraduate
Research (<http://research.berkeley.edu/>http://research.berkeley.edu/).

How to get started in undergraduate research: Workshop A
Workshop | October 17 | 1-2 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 How to get started in undergraduate research: Workshop A
Workshop | October 23 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Thursday, October 25, 2012

II. UPCOMING RESEARCH PROGRAM DEADLINES
10/17/2012
THE CHARLES H. PERCY UNDERGRADUATE GRANT FOR PUBLIC
AFFAIRS RESEARCH (DEADLINE October 17!)
The Institute of Governmental Studies will award 6
research grants of up to $500 each to UC Berkeley undergraduate
students who are researching an aspect of American politics,
including public opinion, electoral behavior, civic participation,
government institutions, social movements, and public policy.
STUDENTS FROM A BROAD RANGE OF DISCIPLINES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
Applications are available at:
<http://igs.berkeley.edu/csr/csr_percy_grant.html>http://igs.berkeley.edu/csr/csr_percy_grant.html,
and are due
October 17th.

11/11/2012
Global Health Disparities International Summer Research Fellowship
The program provides training in infectious diseases and health disparity
research, with a focus on diseases that disproportionately
affect people in developing countries. Application information and
descriptions of the summer 2013 research projects are available at
<http://globalhealth.berkeley.edu/mhirt>http://globalhealth.berkeley.edu/mhirt.

11/15/2012
Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) 2013 Brazilian Initiation
Scholarship Competition
$1,500 scholarship to do exploratory research or language study in Brazil.
Preference is given to college seniors with little to no experience in
Brazil. Students from all disciplines in the humanities and social
sciences are eligible (and some natural sciences as well.) For more
information and application details, see the BRASA website:
<http://www.brasa.org/>http://www.brasa.org/

11/26/2012
INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS
IIS is seeking to award a series of merit scholarships of up to $2000
each to support undergraduate research in any area of international
studies. Research may be conducted while in EAP, or
independently. The scholarship recipients will be called IIS Junior
Scholars. After completing their research projects, award recipients
are required to submit a four-page research summary and attend the
IIS Junior Scholars Conference held on-campus at the end of the
2012-2013 academic year. Several Junior Scholars will be asked to
present their work in poster format at the conference. Junior
scholars with the strongest research project, as determined by an IIS
faculty panel, will each receive an additional $1000 prize. There
will also be an opportunity to compete for the Best Poster Award,
an additional $250 prize.
Eligibility: Open to any UC Berkeley junior or senior with a minimum
3.5 GPA who has completed at least one semester of study in residence
at Berkeley. All majors are eligible and encouraged to apply.
<http://iis.berkeley.edu/content/undergraduate-merit-scholarships><http://iis.berkeley.edu/content/undergraduate-merit-scholarships>iis.berkeley.edu/content/undergraduate-merit-scholarships

Hi everyone. Please consider applying for a CASA Alumni Scholarship.
Contact the Front desk at ced.advising.frontdesk@gmail.com for the application. .Note that students in all CED
majors/programs are eligible to apply. -Susan

Students who meet the following are eligible to apply for an award:
· Are enrolled as full time undergraduate or graduate student for at least one semester of the current year.
· Are enrolled in any of the programs at CED including: Architecture, City & Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, or Urban Design
· Have chosen to study at CED and you consider yourself to be from a social and economically challenged community.
· You are a student pursuing a definitive course of study to enter the professions or in pursuit of a teaching career.
· Are registered on the CASAalumni Website (You do not need to be in CASA or just in the Architecture program to sign up to the website. We strongly encourage students in City and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning or Urban Design to sign up!)

Application Requirements:
Section 1: Educational / Personal Information
· Contact information
· A headshot of yourself in the textbox of this document
Section 2: Narrative
· Provide up to a 500 word statement addressing the items listed in Section 2 of this application.
Section 3: Sample Work
Post a minimum of two work products / projects on the CASA Website (www.casa-ucberkeley.org) and paste samples of those projects in this document. Student work can be in Architecture, City & Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, or Urban Design and can include photography, artwork, computer models, physical models, or academic papers or thesis. (Attach your paper to your application; do not post it on the website.)

The following criteria are used to evaluate applications:
1. Samples of Student Work.
2. Your Narrative Statement and its relevance to your field of study.
3. Participation with CED student organizations and/or community.
4. Contributions made to CED and student body.
5. Professional or academic promise.

Decisions made on the award of prizes are final and are made at the sole discretion of the CASA Alumni Scholarship Committee. All CED Students meeting the standards and criteria guidelines are encouraged to apply!

The BERC Energy Symposium is the premier energy event at UC Berkeley and the largest student-run energy conference on the West Coast. Key players from the research, business development, policy and economics communities converge on Berkeley’s campus to explore innovative ideas and provide a platform for vibrant discussion among hundreds of attendees.

The 2012 Symposium theme is Tensions in Energy: Aligning Innovation, Investment, and Policy.

The 2012 Energy Symposium is a two-day event includes: prE-Symposium (Monday – Wednesday, Oct 15 – 17): an online launch of the Symposium before the on-campus event to provide Symposium attendees with valuable panel background information and to expand access for those who can’t attend the Energy Symposium.

Innovation Expo (Thursday 6-9pm, Oct 18th): a showcase of the latest energy and resources breakthroughs in the fields of science, engineering, policy, economics, and others presented by researchers at UC Berkeley, LBNL and from our colleagues across the U.S. and beyond.

This career fair is held especially for students seeking employment related to civil engineering and environmental engineering. Many participating companies are also seeking students from other engineering disciplines, environmental science, geology, natural resources, business administration, and many other majors! Come to the fair to learn about full time opportunities as well as summer internships for undergraduate and graduate students.

Log into Callisto at https://berkeley-csm.symplicity.com/students/ to review this year's Career Fair Directory. Directory information is updated up to the day of the fair - be sure to check frequently. Also, be sure to bring your UC Berkeley Student ID to the fair.

My name is Julia Gettle and I'm the Director of Administrative
Committees within the ASUC. We are currently seeking applicants for the
position of ASUC representative to the Campbell Hall Replacement Program
Committee, and we were hoping that you could send out the application
to your City and Regional Planning undergraduates. Ideally we want to
conduct interviews next Thursday, so we would like to see applications
turned in by the end of Sunday. The application can be found here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGFwbU5SRlVyanlJN1ZJXy1LazdFb1E6MQ#gid=0

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The EPA has an annual sustainability grant competition called "P3: People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability". You might be interested in applying. Please share with any students you know. http://www.epa.gov/ncer/p3/index.html

WHAT IS EPA’s P3 Program? P3 stands for People, Prosperity and the Planet. Through this EPA program, college students can benefit people, promote prosperity and protect the planet by designing solutions that move us towards a sustainable future.

WHAT AREAS OF SUSTAINABILITY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE P3 COMPETITION? EPA considers projects that address challenges from a wide range of categories: water, energy, agriculture, built environment, and materials and chemicals. The categories of clean cookstoves and green infrastructure were added to the 2012 solicitation. These can be challenges found in the developed or developing world.

WHAT IS THE P3 AWARD COMPETITION? The P3 Award competition is a two-phase team contest. For the first phase, interdisciplinary student teams compete for $15,000 grants. Recipients use the money to research and develop their design projects during the academic year. The final projects include a Phase I project report and a Phase II proposal.
In the spring, all teams submit their reports and proposals, and then bring their projects to Washington, DC for judging by a panel of experts convened by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Judging takes place at the annual National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall.
Scores from the reports, proposals and the presentations on the Mall are combined into a final overall score for each P3 team. Based on these scores, the AAAS judges recommend to EPA which teams should receive the EPA P3 Award and the opportunity for Phase II funding.

WHAT IS THE P3 AWARD? Given to the best student designs, this is an award and opportunity for grant funding up to $90,000 to further the project design, implement it in the field, and move it to the marketplace.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Institutions of higher education located in the United States are eligible to apply as the recipients of grants to support teams of undergraduate and/or graduate students. Collaboration and partnerships with colleges and universities outside the United States are permitted (and up to 40% of the grant can be contracted to an international partner), but only U.S. institutions are eligible to apply.

HOW DO WE APPLY? The request for applications (RFA) opens in the Fall. Grants are awarded for the following Fall. More details can be found at: ApplyNow!.

APPLICATION REVIEW: A peer review panel evaluates all EPA P3 Phase I applications for problem definition; innovation and technical merit; connections to sustainability in terms of people, prosperity and the planet; measurable results, evaluation method, implementation strategy; and integration of the P3 Award competition as an educational tool. Final funding decisions are made by EPA.

WHAT IS THE NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DESIGN EXPO? Held each spring on the National Mall in Washington, DC, the National Sustainable Design Expo featuring EPA’s P3 Award brings together students, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and businesses that are working to create a sustainable future.
The Expo is a unique opportunity to discover innovative, cutting-edge technologies developed by university students and their faculty advisors, learn what nonprofit organizations and government agencies are doing to advance sustainability, experience sustainable products that are currently available, and recruit talented hires with backgrounds in the broad range of disciplines found the sustainability arena.
The Expo is open to the public.

All scholarship information, including applications, have been posted on the WTS San Francisco Chapter’s website under News: http://www.wtsinternational.org/sanfrancisco//news/
Minimum applicant criteria for all four scholarships are outlined below. Some scholarships may have additional criteria, which can be found in the scholarship applications.
· Open to women
· GPA of 3.0 or higher
· Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in a transportation-related field, such as transportation engineering, planning, finance or logistics
· Plans to pursue a career in a transportation-related field

Scholarship winners will be selected in late November. If you have any questions regarding the scholarships, please contact Iris Yuan at iyuan@hntb.com or 510-587-8670. We encourage all qualified students to apply! Winners of the SF Chapter scholarships will automatically be submitted for the WTS International scholarship.

We appreciate your support for WTS and the organization's effort to encourage women to pursue careers in transportation. Thank you.

This year Metropolis challenges you to
develop solutions that empower, advance,
and include groups often overlooked in the
design process (including but not limited
to, our rapidly increasing aging population and
citizens with disabilities). The annual Next
Generation®
Design Competition is open for
entries. Consider the 1.13 billion people
with unique needs worldwide.

1.13 billion is a
difficult figure to wrap your head around.
Think of your own mother, father,
siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and
friends. Your submissions should help your
own relations, as well as others, to live
better lives, beautifully.

The
competition strives for solutions at all
scales, from systems, experiences, places,
to spaces, products, or any area that
needs to be made inclusive and empowering.
Submissions can be conceptual, in the
early stages of development, near
completion, or completed and ready for the
next phase of development. The ideas must
have the potential to be made, built, or
otherwise realized.

The winner
of Next Generation receives a $10,000
prize, but, more importantly, that person
or team receives career-building
international attention.

Please help the College of Environmental
Design (CED) at UC Berkeley spread the word about our Building
Diversity Information Session, on Monday, October 22nd
at 4PM. CED offers graduate programs in Architecture, City
Planning, and Landscape Architecture & Environmental
Planning. This event is open to all prospective applicants.

Description: IIS is seeking to award a series of merit scholarships of up to $2000 each to support undergraduate research in any area of international studies. Research may be conducted while in EAP, or independently. The scholarship recipients will be called IIS Junior Scholars. After completing their research projects, award recipients are required to submit a four-page research summary and attend the IIS Junior Scholars Conference held on-campus at the end of the 2012-2013 academic year. Several Junior Scholars will be asked to present their work in poster format at the conference. Junior scholars with the strongest research project, as determined by an IIS faculty panel, will each receive an additional $1000 prize. There will also be an opportunity to compete for the Best Poster Award, an additional $250 prize.

Eligibility: Open to any UC Berkeley junior or senior with a minimum 3.5 GPA who has completed at least one semester of study in residence at Berkeley. All majors are eligible and encouraged to apply.

Award Amount: Up to $2000 with the opportunity to win an additional $1000 for best research project and an additional $250 for best poster.

National Coming Out and Ally Weeks A Calendar of Events about Gender, Sexuality and LGBTQ Identities

See below for an amazing line up of gender-, sexuality- and LGBTQ-focused events happening in the next two weeks! Put at least one on your calendar, and invite a friend! Updates will be posted on http://geneq.berkeley.edu/ncoaw as more information develops, so be sure to check back for more complete information!
Please note that this calendar is a work in progress. If you want to have your event reflected, please email Marisa at mboyce@berkeley.edu.

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Art Studio's upcoming 7-week session of art classes, open to both UC Berkeley staff, employees, and the broader community . The session begins on October 18th-December 8. 2012. Choose from classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Digital and Darkroom Photography. All classes taught by professional artists who are also experienced instructors. Register today by visiting: artstudio.berkeley.edu

Upcoming screening of Unfinished Spaces, a wonderful documentary that explores the rise and fall of Cuba’s avant-garde National Art Schools project. We will be presenting the film at the Vogue Theater in partnership with the San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation in celebration of Latino Heritage Month. Architect and architectural historian John Loomis will lead a post-screening discussion about cultural inheritance, architecture, and preservation in Cuba. The screening will take place on Saturday, October 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $10 for Heritage members and students and $12 for the general public.

Unfinished Spaces screening on October 13

In celebration of Latino Heritage Month, Heritage and the San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation will co-present a special screening of Unfinished Spaces, a documentary by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray on the Cuban National Art Schools.

Conceived by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution, the Schools are considered among the greatest architectural achievements of the era. Unfinished Spaces illuminates the story of these forgotten buildings, including revived efforts in the late 1990s to preserve them.

Join Heritage for a screening of this remarkable film, followed by a conversation with San Francisco architect and architectural historian John Loomis, author of Revolution of Forms: Cuba’s Forgotten Art Schools (1999/2011), about the influence of the Revolution on Cuban cultural inheritance, architecture and design, as well as the challenges of historic preservation in Cuba. The event will be held at 11 a.m. at the Vogue Theater, located at 3290 Sacramento Street. Tickets are $10 for Heritage members and students and $12 for the general public.

We are very happy to offer grants of up to $500 for CED student groups this year.
The grant application, including the criteria, is attached.
Your advising office contacts are listed on the form - please email your
liaison if you have questions about the process, criteria or anything
else!

My name is Kelli Kosaka and I'm the Scholarship Program Intern for the Asian Pacific Community Fund, a network of 29 community organizations focused on transforming the lives of Asian and Pacific Islanders throughout Los Angeles County. Through a partnership with Verizon, we are offering $10,000 in scholarships to 2nd year undergraduate college students and the deadline for applications-- October 31--is quickly approaching.

The 2nd cycle of our scholarship program offers five $2,000 awards to 2nd year undergraduate college students who are attending a 4-year, accredited college/university in California, Oregon, or Washington, or who are residents of one of these states. Scholarships are open only to students majoring in math, sciences, engineering, or a related field.

You are invited to a screening of a new film:
WATERSHED: Exploring a New Water Ethic For the West
Tuesday 9 October 7pm, Wurster Hall Auditorium (Rm 112), UC Berkeley campus

Executive produced and narrated by Robert Redford, and directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mark Decena, WATERSHED tells the story of the threats to the once-mighty Colorado River and offers solutions for the future of the American West. The most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river in the world, the Colorado struggles to support thirty million people. Can we meet the needs of a growing population in the face of rising temperatures and lower rainfall in an already arid land? Can we find harmony amongst the competing interests of cities, agriculture, industry, recreation, wildlife, and indigenous communities with rights to the water?

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Phil Williams (PWA-ESA) and Barry Nelson (NRDC), both with long experience in Colorado River issues, and Q&A with the director, Mark Decena.

See www.watershedmovie.com for trailer and more information on the film. Presented by the Dept of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, University of California, Berkeley.

CED students - be sure you're getting the most up-to-date information about jobs, internships, employer events, career fairs, workshops etc aimed specifically at CED students - subscribe to CareerMail.

To sign up for CareerMail , simply log onto Callisto on the UC Berkeley Career Center site, select the PROFILE tab and then select the PRIVACY tab. Select any categories of interest to you to get bi-weekly information via email specifically for Cal students.

Sponsored by the Career Center, come join us for UC Berkeley's Fall
Semester fair for students seeking internships - The Early Bird
Internship Fair! Recruiters from business, industry, non-profits
and government will bring information about summer internship
positions. Recruiting all majors!

Log into Callisto at https://berkeley-csm.symplicity.com/students/
to review this year's Career Fair Directory. Directory information
is updated up to the day of the fair - be sure to check frequently.
Also, be sure to bring your UC Berkeley Student ID to the fair.

The Career Center is pleased to co-host this fair with Society of
Women Engineers (SWE)

Cal in the Capital
Are you interested in interning in Washington, D.C. this summer? Cal in
the Capital is a student-run program at UC Berkeley that helps 75
students each year to learn the application and professional skills
necessary to find a summer internship in DC. The Cal in the Capital
program helps you build connections in your career field by connecting
you with Berkeley alumni and helping you pursue an internship that
complement your interests. Past Cal in the Capital interns have worked
at everywhere from National Public Radio to the EPA to the Department of
Justice. This year, we are also announcing the J. Christopher Stevens Public Service Fellows,
an award for students with financial need pursuing internships in
public service and foreign affairs. All majors encouraged to apply.

The Institute for the Study of Societal Issues' Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues is pleased to announce the 2012 - 2013 Graduate and Undergraduate Mini-grant Program

* DEADLINE: 4pm on Friday, October 19, 2012 *

The Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues invites UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students to apply forgrants to assist with the development of student research projects on issues affecting Native American communities in the U.S. today.
Established in the fall of 2010, the mission of the Center is to provide people of Indian country with pragmatic research products that can be employed to improve the quality of life for Native Americans throughout the U.S. The Center fulfills this mission by bringing the resources of the University to Native communities. The Center promotes research, offers mini-grants, fellowships, and training opportunities to Berkeley students, publishes findings, and hosts conferences, colloquia and other events open to the public on topics of concern to Native communities.

Eligibility:
Full-time UC Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students who are conducting individual research projects on issues affecting Native American communities in the U.S. are eligible to apply. Proposals that support undergraduate thesis or graduate dissertation research are strongly encouraged. Undergraduates may apply for grants up to $500. Graduate students may apply for grants up to $1,000.

Grant Period and Use of Funds:
Applications will be reviewed and grants will be awarded in early November. Funds must be used by October 1, 2013. Any unused funds will be retained by the Center. Funds may be used only to pay direct costs related to the proposed project, such as travel to research sites, research supplies, photocopying, transcription services, and equipment rental. Funds may not be used for equipment purchases, stipends, living expenses, conference attendance or educational travel. Grant payments will be made in the form of reimbursement for expenses.

Requirements:
All graduate students must work with a faculty mentor. (Faculty mentors may include Lecturers and other non-Senate Academic Staff.) All grantees must submit a final report no later than November 1, 2012 containing an itemized expense report, a statement of what was accomplished, and a list of papers and/or publications that directly or indirectly result from the grant.

Application Process:
The application may be downloaded from <http://crnai.berkeley.edu/research/mini-grants>http://crnai.berkeley.edu/research/mini-grants
Applications are due on Friday, October 19, 2012 by 4:00pm at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (see address below). Late applications will not be considered. All applications must include the following materials: (Incomplete applications will not be considered.)
· · Applicant Information and Agreement Form (Section I)
· · 250-word Abstract of the project (Section II)
· · Project Description (Section III): The project description should be no more than 1,000 words. It should include a description of the problem being studied, the research question and hypotheses, a description of the research methodology, and the contribution the research will make to the study of Native American issues.
· · Budget and Explanation of Budget (Section IV)
· · Project Timeline (Section V)
· · Protection of Human Subjects Compliance (Section VI)
· · Curriculum Vitae or Resumé (Section VII)
· · Signed Mentor Agreement Form (Section VIII)

All application materials must be received by 4pm on Friday, October 19, 2012, or they will not be considered. (Incomplete applications will not be considered.)
For more information about the Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues and its Mini-grant Program, please contact Dr. Deborah Lustig <mailto:dlustig@berkeley.edu>dlustig@berkeley.edu; <tel:510.643-7238>510.643-7238